Lesson One - Epik High
From the Album: Black Swan Songs
Lyrics:
Do we learn math to add the dead's sum?
Subtract the weak ones,
count cash for great ones?
Shall we multiply or divide the nation?
Break down like fractions,
Send our sons away to die?
Do we learn science in defiance of faith?
To make alliance with fakes for an appliance's sake
We ask for the real but make artificial intelligence.
To make smarter kills of other's presidents.
Why do we learn history to fix stories for the guilty?
The angels look filthy and the devils look milky .
If the victor writes the books, then what have we won?
Are we battleships for authorship for rich man's guns?
Do we learn to read to receive the lies,
To deceive the eyes from seeing between the lines?
Do we use words to bring forth sticks and stones?
To sing psalms of hate that fill the streets with bones.
Unseen or heard,
A king with words,
Tablo,
Lyrical Assassin
Makin' visions from the truth.
Is our day job more than self-slavery?
When we're locked watching the clock impatiently.
We sweat for the dollar bills, the checks and the credit cards.
But the dollar kills, breaks the necks of our inner hearts .
If the police are role models for the righteous,
Why does justice depend on guns and nightsticks?
Mr. Officer don't punish me, with BRUTALITY!!
These streets got me singing Marvin Gaye off-key.
Do we need church to get to Heaven's gates?
Can holy water quench the thirst of those whose fates, Started in the wrong place with the wrong face?
Can the poor and the hungry survive solely on grace?
Can this rap game ever bring changes?
When MC's would rather floss a cross than be saviors?
Will I last in this game,
be blasted with shame
Will I stand for my name and never blaspheme for fame?
Non-conformity, and Confidence
This song represents nonconformity as it confidently talks about the problems in the society which the people don't usually talk about. It attacks the faults and errors of the society which he thinks is wrong. This is completely far away from the standards. "If the police are role models for the righteous, Why does justice depend on guns and nightsticks? " Lines such as this represents his views of this society "off the standards". This song also represents confidence. Tablo, the artist, confidently presents his ideas, and tells people that what he says is true. As an example, "Is our day job more than self-slavery? When we're locked watching the clock impatiently. We sweat for the dollar bills, the checks and the credit cards. But the dollar kills, breaks the necks of our inner hearts ," some people might disagree with this, but he is keep giving examples and ideas that he thinks of about those examples.
Lesson One - Epik High
From the Album: Black Swan Songs
Lyrics:
Do we learn math to add the dead's sum?
Subtract the weak ones,
count cash for great ones?
Shall we multiply or divide the nation?
Break down like fractions,
Send our sons away to die?
Do we learn science in defiance of faith?
To make alliance with fakes for an appliance's sake
We ask for the real but make artificial intelligence.
To make smarter kills of other's presidents.
Why do we learn history to fix stories for the guilty?
The angels look filthy and the devils look milky .
If the victor writes the books, then what have we won?
Are we battleships for authorship for rich man's guns?
Do we learn to read to receive the lies,
To deceive the eyes from seeing between the lines?
Do we use words to bring forth sticks and stones?
To sing psalms of hate that fill the streets with bones.
Unseen or heard,
A king with words,
Tablo,
Lyrical Assassin
Makin' visions from the truth.
Is our day job more than self-slavery?
When we're locked watching the clock impatiently.
We sweat for the dollar bills, the checks and the credit cards.
But the dollar kills, breaks the necks of our inner hearts .
If the police are role models for the righteous,
Why does justice depend on guns and nightsticks?
Mr. Officer don't punish me, with BRUTALITY!!
These streets got me singing Marvin Gaye off-key.
Do we need church to get to Heaven's gates?
Can holy water quench the thirst of those whose fates, Started in the wrong place with the wrong face?
Can the poor and the hungry survive solely on grace?
Can this rap game ever bring changes?
When MC's would rather floss a cross than be saviors?
Will I last in this game,
be blasted with shame
Will I stand for my name and never blaspheme for fame?
Non-conformity, and Confidence
This song represents nonconformity as it confidently talks about the problems in the society which the people don't usually talk about. It attacks the faults and errors of the society which he thinks is wrong. This is completely far away from the standards. "If the police are role models for the righteous, Why does justice depend on guns and nightsticks? " Lines such as this represents his views of this society "off the standards". This song also represents confidence. Tablo, the artist, confidently presents his ideas, and tells people that what he says is true. As an example, "Is our day job more than self-slavery? When we're locked watching the clock impatiently. We sweat for the dollar bills, the checks and the credit cards. But the dollar kills, breaks the necks of our inner hearts ," some people might disagree with this, but he is keep giving examples and ideas that he thinks of about those examples.